Eternally
[ɪ'tɜːn(ə)lɪ;ɪ-]
Definition
(adv.) In an eternal manner.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Endlessly, interminably, perpetually, ceaselessly, continually, everlastingly, always, ever, AYE, evermore, for everlasting, for ever, for AYE, for ever and ever, world without end, time without end, to the end of time, till doomsday.
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Examples
- The modest repose of home is eternally fresh--enjoy it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The man is eternally writing and speaking against the continuance of the war. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Egdon was her Hades, and since coming there she had imbibed much of what was dark in its tone, though inwardly and eternally unreconciled thereto. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It always and eternally transpires that St. Paul has been to that place, and Pliny has mentioned it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Luttrell inquired, that you are eternally driving up that long stupid Bois de Boulogne? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Worcester was eternally writing to me, and nothing could be more romantically tender than his letters. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- However, though Meyler and I were eternally at variance when together, yet we were ever miserable and jealous whilst separated. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They had a peculiar way of doggedly slinking round the corner, as if they were eternally going to the pawnbroker's. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Had I told you to go and quench eternally our last flickering chance of happiness here you could have done no worse. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If the Day of Judgment had only been ascertained to be a dress day, everybody there would have been eternally correct. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But, said I, why did you suffer his lordship to be eternally at your house? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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